Alexander before the tomb of Achilles
inv. 1962-257

Proportions

Alexander before the tomb of Achilles, to scale
196 × 127 mm, beside a 1.8 m figure.
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Alexander before the tomb of Achilles

Catalogue ID1.07a
Artist Agostino Tassi (Attributed to)
Object type drawing
Date1624-1644
Collection Musée des Beaux-Arts de Lyon (Lyon)
Inv. no.1962-257
Tech. / supportink, paper, pen, wash
Measures196 × 127 mm
Subject25G3 — trees
42E31 — grave, tomb
98B(ALEXANDER THE GREAT) — (story of) Alexander the Great

A pen-and-brown-ink drawing with wash, in an octagonal format, depicting a draped classical funerary monument: a tall ornamented pedestal supporting a large decorated urn set among leafy trees, with a billowing cloth draped over it. At the right, a standing male figure in classical dress, accompanied by a smaller figure, stands before the tomb, while distant tents and a landscape are visible at the lower right; a round collection stamp appears at the bottom edge.

No musical work linked.

Bianco, Anna. Images for the Music: Drawings and secular cantatas. Ph.D. dissertation, Leiden University, 2025

Musée des Beaux-Arts de Lyon — from 1962 current